the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Daily Bible Reading
January 9 - Old & New Testament
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Job 1,2
Job and His Family
1 There was a man in the country of Uz(a) named Job.(b) He was a man of perfect integrity,(c) who feared God and turned away from evil.(d) 2 He had seven sons and three daughters. 3 His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
4 His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for[a] all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job's regular practice.
Satan's First Test of Job
6 One day the sons of God(e) came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan[b] also came with them. 7 The Lord asked Satan, "Where have you come from?"
"From roaming through the earth,"(f) Satan answered Him, "and walking around on it."
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil."
9 Satan answered the Lord , "Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 Haven't You placed a hedge around(g) him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But stretch out Your hand and strike(h) everything he owns, and he will surely curse You to Your face."
12 "Very well," the Lord told Satan, "everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself." So Satan left the Lord 's presence.
13 One day when Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 14 a messenger came to Job and reported: "While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby, 15 the Sabeans(i) swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
16 He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: "A lightning storm[c] struck from heaven.(j) It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
17 That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: "The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
18 He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house. 19 Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
20 Then Job stood up, tore(k) his robe, and shaved(l) his head.[d] He fell to the ground and worshiped, 21 saying:
Naked I came from my mother's womb,(m)
and naked I will leave this life.[e](n)
The
Lord
gives, and the
Lord
takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.(o)
22 Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.[f](p)
Satan's Second Test of Job
1 One day the sons of God(a) came again to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord . 2 The Lord asked Satan, "Where have you come from?"
"From roaming through the earth," Satan answered Him, "and walking around on it."
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity,(b) who fears God and turns away from evil.(c) He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause."
4 "Skin for skin!" Satan answered the Lord . "A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life. 5 But stretch out Your hand and strike(d) his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face."
6 "Very well," the Lord told Satan, "he is in your power; only spare his life." 7 So Satan left the Lord 's presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.(e) 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.[a](f)
9 His wife said to him, "Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!"
10 "You speak as a foolish woman speaks," he told her. "Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?" Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.[b]
Job's Three Friends
11 Now when Job's three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite,(g) Bildad the Shuhite,(h) and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort(i) him. 12 When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud,(j) and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.(k) 13 Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights,(l) but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering(m) was very intense.
Matthew 7
Chapter 7
Do Not Judge
1 "Do not judge, so that you won't be judged.(a) 2 For with the judgment you use,[a] you will be judged, and with the measure you use,[b] it will be measured to you.(b) 3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye but don't notice the log in your own eye?(c) 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and look, there's a log in your eye? 5 Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. 6 Don't give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs,(d) or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.
Keep Asking, Searching, Knocking
7 "Keep asking, [c](e) and it will be given to you.(f) Keep searching,[d] and you will find. Keep knocking,[e] and the door[f] will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds,(g) and to the one who knocks, the door[g] will be opened. 9 What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you then, who are evil,(h) know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! 12 Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them—this is the Law and the Prophets. [h](i)
Entering the Kingdom
13 "Enter through the narrow gate.(j) For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction,(k) and there are many who go through it. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
15 "Beware of false prophets(l) who come to you in sheep's(m) clothing(n) but inwardly are ravaging wolves.(o) 16 You'll recognize them by their fruit.(p) Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?(q) 17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can't produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.(r) 20 So you'll recognize them by their fruit. (s)
21 "Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!' will enter the kingdom of heaven,(t) but only the one who does the will(u) of My Father in heaven.(v) 22 On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons(w) in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?'(x) 23 Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers! ' [i](y)[j]
The Two Foundations
24 "Therefore,(z) everyone who hears these words(aa) of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn't collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and doesn't act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. And its collapse was great!"
28 When Jesus had finished this sermon,[k](ab) the crowds were astonished at His teaching,(ac) 29 because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
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